Mikael Bäckman
PhD Student
Research subject: Musical Performance
Division: Music, Media and Theatre
Department of Social Sciences, Technology and Arts
About me
Mikael Bäckman
Mikael has been performing and recording with his harmonica since the early 90’s.
In 1995 he joined blues-band Ramblin’ Minds and has been with them ever since, releasing six albums and touring all over Sweden as well as Finland and Norway.
In 2008, Mikael and Ulrika Weinz formed John Henry, a Country / Americana-band that has released three albums and performed numerous concerts in Sweden, Finland, Norway, France and Switzerland. John Henry was also a part of MS-Blows!, a collection of various Harmonica players (Kim Wilson, Charlie McCoy, Mickey Raphael, Joe Filisko among others) helping a cause and a friend. John Henry was the only European act on the album.
Mikael has a masters degree in Music Pedagogy (2006) and Musical Performance (2017). He is currently working on his PhD in Musical Performance.
Mikael has been teaching the harmonica since the early 2000’s and among his former students are Joel Andersson of JA Harmonicas and Mikael Fall, World Champion in Trossingen 2013.
Mikael is a proud endorsee of Hohner Harmonicas since 2012.
In 2017 Mikael was one of sixteen presenters at the World Harmonica Festival in Trossingen, Germay.
2020 and 2022, Mikael was one of the featured performers at the annual SPAH (the Society for the Preservation and Advancement of the Harmonica) convention.
Awards:
2004 Norrbottens Akademiens Särskilda Musikstipendium
2006 Nordeastipendiet
2009 Winner, Swedish Championship of Country Music w/ John Henry
2010 Piteå Kommuns Kulturstipendium, w/ John Henry
2012 Winner, Swedish Championship of Country Music w/ John Henry
Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/album/1ylo5504vxyGos3xChawinVM?si=oCNhuqjZTv6QVimks8N3bA External link.
https://open.spotify.com/album/2PmGoEObh4lpzkwn7FFuyG?si=_Mapq1hySlixpN3l68-qZg External link.
https://open.spotify.com/album/5NuPuvWbOuXbXl4nCe8Fwz?si=kFCAHJtKRomnN-TusDhctA External link.
Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtL_7w5xSP0 External link.
Website:
http://www.johnhenry.nu External link.
http://harpatwork.com External link.
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